ubuntu themes

brihy1 · 2007-07-01T18:00:02.000Z

hope this is right place for this but here goes,i have latest ubuntu installed and the default theme is really boring to me can someone tell me here i can get a nice theme for ubuntu and how to install it,not very good at installing things yet,thanks bri

system · 2007-07-01T18:59:41.000Z

Hello,

Welcome to the world of Linux :).

First I suggest installing Beryl, however it has been discontinued do to it remerging with another organization with similar software, so I would recommend installing Compiz Fusion (beryl plus Compiz) you can get information installing it at the link below.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=481314

Next after you’ve installed it you may wish to install Emerald, which was a window manager in Beryl but the new Compiz fusion doesn’t include it so we will install it so you can use the old Beryl themes.

To install emerald go to the terminal and enter this


sudo apt-get install emerald

Once both are installed we need to add them to startup. To do this go to System, then Preferences then go to Sessions. Go to startup programs and click add.

Name it Compiz you like and for command put this


compiz --replace

Then click ok, once done click add again, name it emerald then put the following in the command box.


emerald --replace

Logout then log back in, you can then change any settings from the preferances menu for both Emerald and Compiz Fusion, to install new Emerald themes go to www.gnome-look.org and download any beryl theme you like, open Emerald and click Import, choose the theme and it will install.

Justin

P.S. If you would like to install a bunch of neat Emerald themes right away open your terminal and enter the following code.


sudo apt-get install emerald-themes

Hope this helps

brihy1 · 2007-07-01T19:47:48.000Z

i did the install and everything went ok but when i log back in i just get a white screen and iu cant do anything?i probably did somethin wrong,aany ideas?

system · 2007-07-01T20:09:33.000Z

Hello,

I see, if you boot into Ubuntu recovery mode, what happens?

brihy1 · 2007-07-01T20:33:22.000Z

when booting in recovery mode it gets to root@bri desktop and sits there im not sure what to put in?

system · 2007-07-01T21:06:03.000Z

Hello,

Boot up in normal mode, when you see the white screen press Control, Alt, F6 that will take you into the kernel of the OS.

Then run the following commands.


sudo apt-get remove emerald


sudo apt-get remove compiz

Then press Control, Alt, F7 and reboot.

Please report back the results.

brihy1 · 2007-07-01T22:09:49.000Z

followed the steps rebooted but still get white screen

system · 2007-07-02T04:39:05.000Z

Is it possible to access the startup list where we added the startup entries earlier? If so delete the two entries that we made earlier. If not, could you please tell me your graphics card?

Also you can try restarting gnome by using the following command


gdm --replace

chocholo · 2007-07-02T07:34:27.000Z

OT: It is recommended to use aptitude instead of apt-get, because it have better handling of dependencies.

system · 2007-07-02T11:22:32.000Z

It is most likely that your graphics card is either too old… OR… you need the third party driver.

I personally would not recommend anyone install Compiz Fusion or Beryl unless they have experience with Linux and working at the console. Sometimes you have to tweak your xorg.conf…and other things that aren’t very easy for someone just coming from Windows.

Compiz Fusion still has some stability problems. On one of my systems…my file system became corrupted after installing it. I still use Compiz fusion though. I just can’t stay away from that eye candy.

system · 2007-07-02T13:32:10.000Z

Post your xorg.conf and let us know which graphics card you use.

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